Improvement in tea and coffee pots



AV `UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BAM`BER,*OF ROCHESTER, New YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN TEA AND COFFEE POTS.

Specification forming part-of Letters Patent No.' 38,545, dated'May 19,1863.

which- Figure lis a side elevation of my invention, a portion of thecylinder being broken away, so as to show the arrangement of thestrainerplate C and the ledge lf. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of aportion of the cylinder, taken in the direction of the red line in Fig.1, and giving a front view of the strainer-plate G.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both gures.

This invention consists in the employment of a ledge or guardplateplaced just below thespout, so as to withhold the grounds and pre-V venttheln from rising and obstructing the` strainer or from mixing andflowing out with` the liquid. y

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will proceed todescribe il s construction.

I propose to cut away entirely that portion of the body ofthe pot withinthe radius of the end of the spout, and which constitutes the strainerin ordinary tea and coi'ee pots. I then bend a piece ot' tinned wire,about in form of the letter U, as seenat b b b, Fig. 2, and solder it tothe inside of the pot around the opening into the spout. The soldershould be applied to the outside of the. curved wire, so as to leave anacute angle inside between the wireV and surface of theI pot, for theedge of the perforated strainer-plate C 4to catch in, whereby it issecurely -held in position. The plate C may be made of tin or othersuitable material, and it should be so snugly fitted as to vrequire somepressure to either adjust it in .position or remove it. It maybe madesomewhat crowning, as seen in Fig. 1, and provided at the top with aprojecting lip, e, curved to fit the circle of the pot. The spouts oftea and coffee pots unavoidably become more or less choked by the tin,one edge being straight andthe other cut to tit the circle of the pot,to which it is soldered about in thel position shown in the draw# ings.fee grounds from settling against the strainer and obstructing it, andalso to prevent the tine particles from intermixing and passing out withthe fluid. If desirable this plate l may v be placed angling, as shownby the dotted lines a, Fig. 1', to prevent the lodgmentof the groundsthereon while boiling..

What I claim as my invention is- Y The application of the ledge orguard-plate l l, as and for the purposes set forth. f JOHN BAMBER.

Witnesses:

WM. S. LOUGHBOROUGH, MATTHIAS Satira.

It is designed to prevent the .tea or cofy

